Projects

Multi-Partner Project Design

“Clean Sweep” Post-Conviction Records Remedy Project

Client

Office of the Public Defender

Amounts and Funding Sources

Private foundation grants leveraging established county resources

Purpose

In the aftermath of justice-reform bills passed by California voters in 2014 and 2016 that reclassified various felonies to misdemeanors with retroactive relief of past criminal convictions, the Clean Sweep Post-Conviction Project provides community-based outreach and representation to reclassify and reduce the collateral consequences for an estimated 20,000 convictions in Contra Costa.

A partnership of the Public Defender’s Office and two police agencies, and funded largely by private foundations, the project provides post-conviction legal relief to an estimated 5,000 people annually.

Documents

CoCo LEAD Plus: An Innovative Point-of-Arrest Diversion Program-A public/private multi-partner initiative led by County Health Services, a city police department, and County Probation, CoCo LEAD Plus is an innovative point-of-arrest diversion program intended to break the cycle of criminalization and repeated incarceration for people with mental illness or substance use disorder in Antioch, CA. CHECK IT OUT